Arts & Humanities

On-hands teaching (really)

Yale psychology professor Gregory Samanez-Larkin turned usual teaching techniques upside down to drive home lessons in his introductory statistics class.
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As a student, Yale psychology professor Gregory Samanez-Larkin hated his statistics class.

As a researcher studying human decision-making, he came to embrace the importance in everyday life of statistical concepts such as probability.

As a Yale professor charged with teaching introductory statistics, he turned usual teaching techniques upside down to drive these lessons home.

Learn more about Yale’s psychology programs.